Ron, the gate is set back at least a couple of car lengths from the road. The gate is 12' wide, which is the same as what she has now. It is very tight getting a large truck through that, let alone a trailer like mine. But she did not want to go wider. Once I get done hauling the trees out, the only trucks on a regular basis will be the trash truck and propane truck. This was the last lot in the subdivision. 8 of them are between 5 and 6 acres, and the one in the very back that mom's property borders against, is 11.
Jim, the rock guy will start tomorrow doing the inside wall so that they can begin the tile. He has been busy making rocks.
Day 99
The parking area is just about the right shape now and all the heavy equipment is finally gone.
They completed the grading on the lower back corner of the house. I think it looks good given the grades they had to work with.
In the last few shots, you can see that they started on the railing. They must have brought in the wolf or something, since all the trim issues I had been complaining about had been fixed! All front trim surfaces are now flush! I was only able to find one that had maybe a 1/16" difference, if that. So it looks like they are starting to turn this thing around.
I got back from Ashland around 4:30 this afternoon. Even though I passed several local and state cops on my trip, none of them even looked at me twice. The straps were nice and tight when I left, and still good and tight when I arrived. Ditto on the return trip. Yes, I probably should have added another strap over the boom of the loader frame. The reason I don't like chains and binders is that they scratch off the paint on both the tractor and trailer at the attachment points over time. They added 82 gallons to each tire. At 11 lbs/gal, that comes to just over 900 lbs per tire. I hope to get some seat time tomorrow to see what kind of stability and extra 1800 lbs in the tires will make.
Also got a deal worked out with a tree feller that will be here Saturday and Sunday afternoon. He has a class C license (A = up to 12", B = up to 24" and C = unlimited) There are only 10 or so Class C rated tree fellers in Virginia (according to him, so maybe that is not accurate, but he seem very proud of his certification). After he explained some of his techniques, I'm certain that he can fell a tree with a few degrees of where I tell him to. So hopefully all the trees will be down come Sunday afternoon!